One of the best parts of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is it’s sheer enormity. People with all kinds of funny–sketch, standup, improv, podcast, classes, and pieces that defy categories–all descend on Austin for seven days of hilarity. If you have the cash, get a festival pass, if you don’t, volunteer to be a part of the action. Either way clear out your week (Merlin Works goes dark for OOB) and get out there and see some stuff.

The festival is highly curated, so everything should be strong. There are so many choices though, it can be overwhelming. So I like to put together my top pics for the week, which include some shameless plugs:

TUE, AUG. 30TH

HIDEOUT UPSTAIRS
8:00 PM
Squirrel Buddies
Ralphie Hardesty
Toxic Chakra
Sondheim for One

9:30 PM
Alamo City Improv
Minority Report
Kingz

WED, AUG. 31ST

HIDEOUT DOWN
8:15 PM
Confidence Men
Anime

10:00 PM
Danger! Warning! Improv!
Hard-Ish Bodies

THU, SEP. 1ST

COLDTOWNE
8:30 PM
Noelle Hoffman
Panic! At Del Frisco’s
Physics Curse

10:00 PM
Soy Taco
The Escorts
BrainTrust

FRI, SEP. 2ND

NEW MOVEMENT
8:30 PM
Golden
Manacle
The Known Wizards

HIDEOUT DOWN
11:00 PM
Girls Girls Girls Improvised Musicals
Amber & Arch

SAT, SEP. 3RD

SPIDERHOUSE
7:30 PM
I Am the Show
Team Lopez: Puppet Improv
Fragile Rock
DSI Comedy

HIDEOUT UPSTAIRS
9:00 PM
Available Cupholders
TEDxRFT

10:30 PM
Get Up
Magic To Do

SUN, SEP. 4TH

7:00 PM
People of Earth
King of Kong: A Musical Parody

9:15 PM
Sheldon
Impro Theatre

MON, SEP. 5TH

HIDEOUT DOWN
8:00 PM
Impro Theatre
Damn Gina
The Lottery

And that’s not including all the workshops, parties, trading cards, mini-golf and other lovely nonsense happening during Out of Bounds. Have fun and pace yourself!

Get your tickets at: http://www.outofboundscomedy.com/oob-schedule/